Elizabeth ferguson



(No, Model.)

' E. FERGUSON.

KNIFE CLEANER. No; 249,465. Patented Nov. 15,1881.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELIZABETH FERGUSON, OF WESTMINSTER, ONTARIO, CANADA.

KNIFE-CLEAN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Latent Nor 249,465, dated November 15, 1881'.

Application filed June 14, 1881. (No model.) Patented in Canada May 7, 1881.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ELIZABETH FERGUSON, a, subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at Westminster, in the county of MiddleseX and Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Knife-Cleaners, (for which I have received Letters Patent of Canada No. 12,738, dated May 7 1881;) and Ido hereby declare that thefollowin gis afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention consists of a set of tablets com posed of wood or metal, covered with leather, cork, or emery, hinged together and placed in a tray or receiver.

In the accompanying drawings of my invention, Figure l is a perspective view of cleaner closed as in use. Fig. 2 is a view of same open to show construction.

A is the upper tablet, constructed of wood or metal, with a covering of leather, B, on the under side.

O is a handle to hold the tablets in place and to press them down with.

D is the center tablet,havinga wood or metal foundation, covered on top E'wi'th leather and on the bottom F with cork or emery.

G is the bottom tablet, having a similarfoundation, covered on the top with cork or emery H.

The knife, while being cleaned, will be inserted at the side between the tablets and rubbed backward and forward, brick-dust and water being used in the usual manner. The handle 0 will be held down so as to give the requisite pressure.

I is a small coil-sprin g placed at each corner of bottom tablet to prevent the others from pressing too closely u on it. All three tablets will be hinged at bac Jis a tray to catch the dust and dirt, and K is a division for brick; L, acup to hold water.

Having fully described my invention, what I desire to claim, and secure by Letters Patcut, as a new article of manufacture, is-

The above-described tablets A I) G, hinged together, constructed of wood or metal, and having coverings ofleather and cork or emery, B E F H, handle 0, and coil-springs I, substantially as shown and described.

ELIZABETH FERGUSON.

Witnesses:

HENRY BEECH, JNo. TAYLOR. 

